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it may have looked like that on election night or on the day after the election. but millions of votes aren't counted right after the election. it takes days and even weeks after the election until you get all the vote in. the fact is that president obama did beat both of these candidates pretty easily. neither was a close election. but mr. romney was closer. and mr. romney did beat mr. mccain in terms of the number of ballots cast. which is either exciting or just population growth, depending on your perspective. but if somebody tells you that john mccain got more votes for mitt romney, that's not true. last one. same game round three. things people are saying about the election that aren't true, but it makes them feel better to say it any way. this guy is named dean chambers. he ran the website unskewed polls. it became famous for being hi lairously wrong about poll iingn the presidential race. it said that everybody else's polling assumptions were wrong and if you fix those assumptions, you would see just how much of a landslide mitt romney was going to win the
it may have looked like that on election night or on the day after the election. but millions of votes aren't counted right after the election. it takes days and even weeks after the election until you get all the vote in. the fact is that president obama did beat both of these candidates pretty easily. neither was a close election. but mr. romney was closer. and mr. romney did beat mr. mccain in terms of the number of ballots cast. which is either exciting or just population growth, depending...
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wisconsin elected tammy baldwin the first openly lesbian senator. sorry, lindsay graham. yeah. you missed the lindsay graham joke. it was a pretty good one. ( laughter ). perhaps the best news was in florida. after months of republican governor rick scott attempting to suppress democratic voter turnout, and attempting to decrease voter discomfort and my favorite introducing a 10-page novelette state ballot to people who couldn't handle a ( bleep ) one-page ballot. florida remains too close to call. what is the good news, you say? the election was decide without them. ( applause ) ( cheers ) for once, florida's cluster ( bleep ) is irrelevant. it's like hearing good news, america. the tumor on your dong is benign. ( laughter ). it's a joke about... come on. we're tired! for the most part, the news naeks acquitted themselves nicely with little of the early called controversy and malfunctions of years past, except b.m.n., bull ( bleep ) mountain news, who were caught flat foot bide a historic storm did spite all the evidence just days before, they never saw coming. >> i think mitt
wisconsin elected tammy baldwin the first openly lesbian senator. sorry, lindsay graham. yeah. you missed the lindsay graham joke. it was a pretty good one. ( laughter ). perhaps the best news was in florida. after months of republican governor rick scott attempting to suppress democratic voter turnout, and attempting to decrease voter discomfort and my favorite introducing a 10-page novelette state ballot to people who couldn't handle a ( bleep ) one-page ballot. florida remains too close to...
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for him the election is truly over. for his republican counterparts, here's speaker boehner on an editorial on the fiscal cliff. he makes it very clear that the battle over obama care is far from over. he says, quote, the tactics of our repeal efforts will have to change. we need to repeal obama care and enact common sense, step by step reforms that start with lowering the cost of health care. clearly speaker boehner hasn't quite accepted the fact that the president was re-elected by an overwhelming majority. nope, is he right back to defending the 1% and corporate welfare at the expense of none other than the middle class. for more, we go to joy reid, managing either of grio.com and jared bernstein. welcome to you both. >> nice to be here. >> earlier we asked you to come up with a figure, because you know i have -- like a dog with a bone on this. we asked you to come up with a figure how much corporate welfare per year is dolled out. what did you find out? >> from the tax policy center, nonpartisan, highly reliable gro
for him the election is truly over. for his republican counterparts, here's speaker boehner on an editorial on the fiscal cliff. he makes it very clear that the battle over obama care is far from over. he says, quote, the tactics of our repeal efforts will have to change. we need to repeal obama care and enact common sense, step by step reforms that start with lowering the cost of health care. clearly speaker boehner hasn't quite accepted the fact that the president was re-elected by an...
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is here to answer that question and later if you think it's crazy that karl rove tried to steal the election this year only to be thwarted by anonymous and you haven't been paying attention for the last fifty years of american history i'll explain in tonight's guilty to. the best of the rest of the news down in florida his eighteenth congressional district tea party congressman allen west finally conceded his house raised to democrat patrick murphy further improving the democrats' performance on election day over the weekend in california two republican congressmen finally conceded their close races to democrats as well also democrats kept get a different seat in arizona and held on elsewhere around the country to pick up a handful of more seats in the house of representatives all together democrats picked up eight seats to narrow the republican majority heading into negotiations to resolve the so-called fiscal cliff so how do we the people keep pressure on newly empowered democrats in congress to you know act like democrats and protect the interests of working americans with this so-called
is here to answer that question and later if you think it's crazy that karl rove tried to steal the election this year only to be thwarted by anonymous and you haven't been paying attention for the last fifty years of american history i'll explain in tonight's guilty to. the best of the rest of the news down in florida his eighteenth congressional district tea party congressman allen west finally conceded his house raised to democrat patrick murphy further improving the democrats' performance...
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one is the general election. the other we should call the money election. in the general election, all citizens -- if you have an i.d. in some states goat vote. in the money election, it is the funders who get to vote. the relevant funders of the campaign. it absolutely affects the way candidates think about what they're free to do after the election. buddy, when he ran for president had this slogan, free to lead. he wanted to be a candidate who could be a president who was free to lead. we have a congress filled with people who are not free to lead because they know that any decision they take will substantially affect the likelihood of them getting the kind of funding that they depend upon or inspire funding against them from the sort of people they're taking on. every other issue that we think of as important getting healthcare system that works and we could afford, getting reform on wall street that doesn't -- that works. doesn't make our economy vulnerable to the gambles of people in our society. finding a way to address the fundamental debt crisis tha
one is the general election. the other we should call the money election. in the general election, all citizens -- if you have an i.d. in some states goat vote. in the money election, it is the funders who get to vote. the relevant funders of the campaign. it absolutely affects the way candidates think about what they're free to do after the election. buddy, when he ran for president had this slogan, free to lead. he wanted to be a candidate who could be a president who was free to lead. we...
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s announce layoffs since the election are you. they just can't afford to give their employees health insurance as required by obamacare a year from now these are the same corporations that have seen a seventy seven percent increase in profits under president obama which is the highest increase in corporate profits under one president in over a hundred years so why isn't corporate america sharing the wealth with their workers you know as very joins me is an entrepreneur and host of the truth for america syndicated radio show author of the book conscientious equity male welcome back thanks tom thanks for having me thanks for joining us if a major corporation can't afford to give its employees health care or a decent wage should they be in business. with tom first of all you mentioned about wal-mart let's take a look at wal-mart they import products from china they add very little value it's america's at a very sad place is that if that's where we expect our wealth is being created but these companies that you said that legal people
s announce layoffs since the election are you. they just can't afford to give their employees health insurance as required by obamacare a year from now these are the same corporations that have seen a seventy seven percent increase in profits under president obama which is the highest increase in corporate profits under one president in over a hundred years so why isn't corporate america sharing the wealth with their workers you know as very joins me is an entrepreneur and host of the truth for...
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texas senator-elect ted cruz is crueler still. he accuses romney of going out there and french kissing obama. yes, they're blaming romney now. they were blaming chris christie for working with obama during hurricane sandy. now they're blaming romney for dancing with him through the election. get it? the strict orthodox side of the republican party are blaming the candidate himself for giving away their virtue. ed rendell is the former governor of pennsylvania, and msnbc political analyst. matt kibbe is the president of freedomworks. governor and matt, this is the most unusual pairing i've ever been part of, you and matt kibbe, you and the man of the northeast establishment, a moderate governor of pennsylvania. here is matt railing at the ramparts against all you represent. this should be interesting. the right fights back. since the election a lot of republicans' soul searching has focused on the need to broaden the political base of the republican party. fiscal and social conservatives are saying that's the wrong message. the cor
texas senator-elect ted cruz is crueler still. he accuses romney of going out there and french kissing obama. yes, they're blaming romney now. they were blaming chris christie for working with obama during hurricane sandy. now they're blaming romney for dancing with him through the election. get it? the strict orthodox side of the republican party are blaming the candidate himself for giving away their virtue. ed rendell is the former governor of pennsylvania, and msnbc political analyst. matt...
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we're in an election cycle. we're not only a handful, literally, of billionaires that change the way the government came out and we're the principal communicators of the general election and all of the romneys raised. one-third of the american public actually gave money in recordable amounts to candidates. so 99% didn't participate in the recordable amounts which means more than $200 to the canned and the what about the rest of the country? they deserve a voice and i think we're going to have to find a way to do that. whether it is some sort of a tax credit or a tax return to taxpayers. republicans always say we ought to be cutting taxes and giving money back to the people. that's exactly what we have to do, give each citizen and registered voter $100 or a voucher of $100 and say we have to give it to a candidate of their choice and the income tax, gas taxes and social security taxes and you go out and fund the taxes that you like. that's how the 99.2%, and there's something fundamentally flawed where the system
we're in an election cycle. we're not only a handful, literally, of billionaires that change the way the government came out and we're the principal communicators of the general election and all of the romneys raised. one-third of the american public actually gave money in recordable amounts to candidates. so 99% didn't participate in the recordable amounts which means more than $200 to the canned and the what about the rest of the country? they deserve a voice and i think we're going to have...
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of election day which is the story now. frank he loo it doesn't pass the smell test. >> jon: it has a yucky smell. conspiracy number one. the f.b.i. held back the petraeus affair story to prevent obama from losing the election. why we tray us' affair would have had any impact on the election i'm not sure. the point is if only a republican had known about this prior to election day. >> house majority leader eric cantor said an f.b.i. employee told him in october about the petraeus affair. >> jon: oh. the real question is, why is eric cantor protecting the president? why? conspiracy one down. why would the administration want to take out petraeus now? >> this is highly sus spush us in its timing >> a few days before petraeus is set to testify about what he knew about benghazi and what the c.i.a. did it doesn't make sense >> so many people are saying that's kind of suspicious >> this is very suspicious e fact that he no longer will have to testify >> now he won't testify, folks. jon: right before he was about to testify on ben
of election day which is the story now. frank he loo it doesn't pass the smell test. >> jon: it has a yucky smell. conspiracy number one. the f.b.i. held back the petraeus affair story to prevent obama from losing the election. why we tray us' affair would have had any impact on the election i'm not sure. the point is if only a republican had known about this prior to election day. >> house majority leader eric cantor said an f.b.i. employee told him in october about the petraeus...
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ththe loss in this election was mechanics. mitt romney had a high enough percentage to win the election. 48 percent means he can win. his mechanics, his organization was not as good as pulling his vote as the obama campaign was in pulling has, and the obama campaign was super. textbook. if you want to learn how to do it, go look at what obama did. tom: going back to your id information. what i hear is that their campaign is so amazing that they know everything bout you. and what kind of car you drive, where you live -- >> they know who to bull, workable. you look at a district that may be is gog to vote seven, a at a ten for obama, you pull everybody in that district. and you get to a district is more like 5050 and you have to be more careful. you want to pull 50% in the right 50 percent. their approach to this was the best i've ever seen. call rolls elected george bush twice during that. and i would say, and i don't want to it get him mad at me, but this may have been and not some of what he was able to do. tom: everybody say
ththe loss in this election was mechanics. mitt romney had a high enough percentage to win the election. 48 percent means he can win. his mechanics, his organization was not as good as pulling his vote as the obama campaign was in pulling has, and the obama campaign was super. textbook. if you want to learn how to do it, go look at what obama did. tom: going back to your id information. what i hear is that their campaign is so amazing that they know everything bout you. and what kind of car you...
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i dreamed governor rahm won the election. how did he celebrate, you asked, well, the guy who loves to take over companies took over something else. the thanksgiving day parade. like i said, it was a real nightmare. >> republican thanksgiving day parade. the gop stars are out in force. forget the turkey this year. we've got a turkey performance by meat loaf and what would it be without governor romney himself. ♪ above the fruited plain >> plus, who needs snoopy when you've got this new character balloon hitting the fall sky for the first time, rush limbaugh. he has enough air to stay up there until christmas. speaker john boehner, newt gingrich, and chris christie. wait a minute, guys. why didn't anyone proof this script? he's not invited to any mother republican functions. and to cap it all off, the superstar of the super parade, santa claus. well, wait a second. apologies once again, santa has been canceled. he's been giving out too many gifts. you're watching the first annual republican thanksgiving day parade sponsored b
i dreamed governor rahm won the election. how did he celebrate, you asked, well, the guy who loves to take over companies took over something else. the thanksgiving day parade. like i said, it was a real nightmare. >> republican thanksgiving day parade. the gop stars are out in force. forget the turkey this year. we've got a turkey performance by meat loaf and what would it be without governor romney himself. ♪ above the fruited plain >> plus, who needs snoopy when you've got this...
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if you win the election, you should get the best deal. my best deal would be the president put his teeth marks into the neck of the rich right now and say, your rates are going up, buddy. i'm not going to go sorting around looking for deductions and screw the temples and churches around the world. i still want you to give to charitable groups but i'm taking your rate up where it was under clinton when you were fat and happy so you have no complaints. we're going back to where we were in the '90s. i think if you did that, i think those on the left would say, i'll do that if he does that. if he pulls back and says, geez, we'll just go with deductions. the left will say, if that's all you're doing to them, you can't do anything to us. >> you can't do it with deductions. you absolutely can't do it. >> even if you could -- >> even if you could -- >> even if you could, he's right. >> joan, your thoughts. >> even if he could, you're right. we can't do it that way. we shouldn't do it that way. on the other side, i don't think, though, even gettin
if you win the election, you should get the best deal. my best deal would be the president put his teeth marks into the neck of the rich right now and say, your rates are going up, buddy. i'm not going to go sorting around looking for deductions and screw the temples and churches around the world. i still want you to give to charitable groups but i'm taking your rate up where it was under clinton when you were fat and happy so you have no complaints. we're going back to where we were in the...
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you need to know this two weeks after election day and republicans are still blaming their laws not on themselves in their radical allegiance to the one percent and their obsession with female body parts but instead they're blaming their loss on the voters first it was paul ryan talking about the urban vote and it was mitt romney talking about always beautiful people wanted from president obama and then just last night bill arrived early love a man to the changing american electorate and how untraditional those americans are who voted for president obama. if you win you seventeen writers would actually look at the exit polling you see that a coalition of voters put the president back into the oval office that coalition was not. it is you know which means it veered away from things like traditional marriage robust capitalism and self-reliance instead each constituency that voted for the president whether it be single women hispanic americans african-americans whatever and very few specific reasons for doing so what do you think was going on at the democratic convention when a variety of
you need to know this two weeks after election day and republicans are still blaming their laws not on themselves in their radical allegiance to the one percent and their obsession with female body parts but instead they're blaming their loss on the voters first it was paul ryan talking about the urban vote and it was mitt romney talking about always beautiful people wanted from president obama and then just last night bill arrived early love a man to the changing american electorate and how...
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>> this election seemed to be very important. i voted for a man, whether or not he was able to accomplish everything that he talked about his first term, i truly believe he's the man who cared about the 300 million people in the borders of america as opposed to a very few friends in maybe the city he lives in. >> in that 47% comment, did that strike a nerve with you? >> practically i was very happy he said it because i believe that it very much helped the cause of our president. on the other hand, it is very sad that the worst word in the eng lish language is beholden because these men are beholden to somebody other than the population that they are supposed to take care of. >> there's a statue of you in milwaukee. >> yes. >> taller than i am. it's a problem. >> that's where happy days was. so you know the culture of the state. >> yes. >> and you know how important workers rights were in all that state has gone through. with that, can we rebuild the middle class? >> i believe so, but it does not depend on the government. it does
>> this election seemed to be very important. i voted for a man, whether or not he was able to accomplish everything that he talked about his first term, i truly believe he's the man who cared about the 300 million people in the borders of america as opposed to a very few friends in maybe the city he lives in. >> in that 47% comment, did that strike a nerve with you? >> practically i was very happy he said it because i believe that it very much helped the cause of our...
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elect the president of egypt is no surprise. what it shows the general deterioration of the security situation for the united states, for israel and other friends in the region that has certain under the obama administration. >> so we should stop promoting democracy as a cure all for trouble spots around the world. maybe the government's policy should change? >> think it would be wrong to to say democracy is panacea but i think it's important we defend our values. in a case an election does not suffice to establish a democracy. you have to be in a situation where you are able to support all those elements of civil society including the rule of law and independent judiciary, freedom of the press and freedom of assembly, all those elements that make up a democracy. frankly when you have a situation where in this case the palestinian people chose to be governeded by hamas, it makes it difficult for them, those that live in gaza, to stay they want to be members of the world community. >> exactly right. we'll be right back. coming up
elect the president of egypt is no surprise. what it shows the general deterioration of the security situation for the united states, for israel and other friends in the region that has certain under the obama administration. >> so we should stop promoting democracy as a cure all for trouble spots around the world. maybe the government's policy should change? >> think it would be wrong to to say democracy is panacea but i think it's important we defend our values. in a case an...
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lost the election. i think the writing was on the wall, and many others kept saying before the election that we had a problem with immigration. and i know that after this election there'll be a lot of introspection and an sils of, you know, how -- analysis of, you know, how to get the latino vote, but in the end, to me, it was the latino vote and -- romney ended up not prevailing precisely because of the latino vote and specifically because of the issue of immigration. if governor romney would have had a more constructive view on the issue from the get go, from the primaries, i think he would have been a very competitive candidate, and frankly, i think in the end he would have ended up prevailing the election. he didn't win, apparently contrary to what he thinks, not because latinos voted for obamacare or entitlements, they just didn't like him because of the things he said about immigration. they remember what he said, people should self-deport. sounds something very similar to what chris kovak would s
lost the election. i think the writing was on the wall, and many others kept saying before the election that we had a problem with immigration. and i know that after this election there'll be a lot of introspection and an sils of, you know, how -- analysis of, you know, how to get the latino vote, but in the end, to me, it was the latino vote and -- romney ended up not prevailing precisely because of the latino vote and specifically because of the issue of immigration. if governor romney would...
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merkel's election campaign. she cannot admit to the german people in the run-up to elections that she made a mistake, that she is responsible for the coming recession and that the greek debts must be cut. >> the german finance minister continues to reject that option. he says he was confident that an agreement would be reached when eurozone ministers meet next week. >> chancellor angela merkel said there was no easy solution to the problems in athens, but she said she was confident that eurozone finance ministers would release that next round of bailout money next week. >> the leader of the opposition, however, accused merkel of failing to reveal the true cost of the measures to help greece and said this made it impossible to pass germany's own budget. our political correspondent has been following the budget debate for us. the chancellor faced some tough criticism on her handling of the year of crisis. what more can you tell us? >> indeed, one of the main critical voices was that of the social democratic leader
merkel's election campaign. she cannot admit to the german people in the run-up to elections that she made a mistake, that she is responsible for the coming recession and that the greek debts must be cut. >> the german finance minister continues to reject that option. he says he was confident that an agreement would be reached when eurozone ministers meet next week. >> chancellor angela merkel said there was no easy solution to the problems in athens, but she said she was confident...
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let's talk about the big election. last night, due to the technicality called the constitution, barack obama was re-elected president. though-- ( cheers ) ( applause ) uh. ( bleep ) you. ( laughter ) ( applause ) now, folks, keep in mind, keep in mind, this was no landslide, folks. it was like a 51-49er, okay. just because obama won the blue states up here, he's the president of all of them now? romney won all that red stuff. why don't we elect our president on square footage, because romney won some big states, folks, whole damn south. louisiana, n'awlins loves mi-rawmnah. but, but, evidently, here's the deal. of the nine key swing states, balm won eight. i don't-- i mean how-- even pennsylvania. despite the fact that after a week of hurricane sandy, thousands of amish remain without power. ( applause ) anyway, anyway, obama won. america is done. it's over! jimmy, roll the credits. ♪ ♪ ( "america the beautiful beauti) ( cheers and applause ) i'll tell you, folks, there's a simple reason why america is over. becaus
let's talk about the big election. last night, due to the technicality called the constitution, barack obama was re-elected president. though-- ( cheers ) ( applause ) uh. ( bleep ) you. ( laughter ) ( applause ) now, folks, keep in mind, keep in mind, this was no landslide, folks. it was like a 51-49er, okay. just because obama won the blue states up here, he's the president of all of them now? romney won all that red stuff. why don't we elect our president on square footage, because romney...
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, in the next election for these groups? >> well, they're gog continue growing and they're going to remain very active and they're going to keep pushing the envelope as much as they can but i think there's a sense of inevitability in the so-called reform lobby that this is going to lead to scandal and corruption, and i think there's a growing sense on capitol hill that this system as it is currently constructed cannot continue indefinitely. the president and mitt romney were not the only ones who spent a huge amount of time fund raising in this campaign. we ran a story in "roll call" about how house and senate conditions were spending an increasing amount of time fund-raising instead of on the campaign trail. i think there is more of a mood on capitol hill that is receptive to change. the challenge will be defining what form that change takes. i think disclosure will be front and center for those who want to discuss changes. and i think you'll see not only a revival of the push for the so-called disclose act but you'll also
, in the next election for these groups? >> well, they're gog continue growing and they're going to remain very active and they're going to keep pushing the envelope as much as they can but i think there's a sense of inevitability in the so-called reform lobby that this is going to lead to scandal and corruption, and i think there's a growing sense on capitol hill that this system as it is currently constructed cannot continue indefinitely. the president and mitt romney were not the only...
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and in this election we started to roll back the tea party tide. the major tea party icons in congress were defeated because their own constituents had rejected their rejectionism, had rejected their extremism. so we continue to be ready, willing, and able to compromise, to find common ground, to solve problems with republicans and we're going to continue to recruit and run people in districts throughout this country who are interested primarily in moving this country forward and solving problems. >> one of those tea party favorite, florida representative alan west, finally conceded to patrick murphy in when was one of the most probably high-profile congressional races in the country. are you suggesting, though, that the tea party is not much of a factor anymore? >> well, we rolled back the tea party tide. alan west, for example, ran proudly as a tea party icon. he said that the majority of democrats in congress were communists. that kind of extremism and that kind of rhetoric just doesn't fit. most districts in america. if you've got a fairly mode
and in this election we started to roll back the tea party tide. the major tea party icons in congress were defeated because their own constituents had rejected their rejectionism, had rejected their extremism. so we continue to be ready, willing, and able to compromise, to find common ground, to solve problems with republicans and we're going to continue to recruit and run people in districts throughout this country who are interested primarily in moving this country forward and solving...
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they've almost written off the presidential election. maybe that's the thought with the 47% concept. that's actually a 53% concept if you look at people who are like -- they're only about less than 30% hard line republicans in this country and a lot of those are just t-shirt wearing republicans. they have an r on their jersey because that's how they've always voted. >> stephanie: why would they stay loyal to a guy named grover? >> out of fear. because they're true believers. that's the problems. that's why they can't remessage for 2016. they'll try. they'll try to package what they're doing but they really do believe in trickle down. they really think it works. even though it never has. and they think that the reason it failed is because reagan's presidency wasn't long enough. that george w. bush's presidency wasn't long enough. if it had got an guy in there that had been able to continue that and -- >> stephanie: election results. i just don't get it. to me, it borders on treasonist. signed a pledge to a person and not to the constituti
they've almost written off the presidential election. maybe that's the thought with the 47% concept. that's actually a 53% concept if you look at people who are like -- they're only about less than 30% hard line republicans in this country and a lot of those are just t-shirt wearing republicans. they have an r on their jersey because that's how they've always voted. >> stephanie: why would they stay loyal to a guy named grover? >> out of fear. because they're true believers. that's...
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it is the co-chair election. for the position of co-chair, wendy james has successfully executed her leadership role for one year. her position is now up for a vote. we will accept nominations. offered by oneself were nominated by one's colleagues. the first to cue in is co-chair james. >> co-chair: i would like to nominate myself and continue as co-chair for another year and continue to learn how to co-chair. >> (off mic) >> chair: okay. we have one nomination, and one second. do we have any further nominations for the co-chair position? >> yes. >> chair: roland? >> councilmember wong: i like to dominate idell wilson. nominate. (correction) nominate (laughter) >> i would really say, i would be honored. i would like to third, for wendy to have a second year. >> chair: you are declining the nomination? are there any further nominations? seeing none, okay, this is where we have to reserve the public comment. we have a motion on the floor. we have a second. do we have any public comment? check the bridge line, not w
it is the co-chair election. for the position of co-chair, wendy james has successfully executed her leadership role for one year. her position is now up for a vote. we will accept nominations. offered by oneself were nominated by one's colleagues. the first to cue in is co-chair james. >> co-chair: i would like to nominate myself and continue as co-chair for another year and continue to learn how to co-chair. >> (off mic) >> chair: okay. we have one nomination, and one...
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he has to get re-elected. it's not optional. he has to win re-election in a democratic state. he has to have -- perform in the state. he's turned the state around in some ways, but the storm doesn't help. still a lot of work to do on education, on some of the cities, on jobs, so if he's -- if he turns the state around economically in particular, i think he will be formidable. >> we also have breaking news in israel that we're following for you where a bus in tel aviv exploded this morning with passengers on board. information is still coming in. we have this video that's in to us. initial reports indicate as many as 10 people were injured. three people were taken to the hospital with moderate to severe injurie injuries. the bus was on a busy thoroughfare around noon local time there across from the military headquarters in tel aviv. one witness describes the bus as completely charred. we're taking a look here at the video ourselves. officials say they are searching for a suspect who is believed to have planted the device on the bus. according to israeli officials, the last bus
he has to get re-elected. it's not optional. he has to win re-election in a democratic state. he has to have -- perform in the state. he's turned the state around in some ways, but the storm doesn't help. still a lot of work to do on education, on some of the cities, on jobs, so if he's -- if he turns the state around economically in particular, i think he will be formidable. >> we also have breaking news in israel that we're following for you where a bus in tel aviv exploded this morning...
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the election, the sharpest difference in the election between romney and obama was over this precise issue. should taxes be raised on the wealthy? and the public said yes. >> eliot: in fact the president said that at his press conference. this is what the public thought it was voting on. this is what the public sent me back to do. therefore, there is if not a mandate across a range of other issues, on this. very quickly the issue of whether or not you limit deductions versus increasing the marginal rates is. it mathematically and realistically possible to get the revenue we need by limiting the deductions that are possible to limit? >> as a practical matter, it's not. don't just take my word for it. the independent tax policy center, other independent groups, the congressional policy group, the congressional budget office, everybody looking at this says just by limiting deductions for the wealthy you can't get anywhere near the $1.6 trillion that the president justifiably says does need to be raised in additional revenues. if you made the tax on capital gains equal to the tax on ordi
the election, the sharpest difference in the election between romney and obama was over this precise issue. should taxes be raised on the wealthy? and the public said yes. >> eliot: in fact the president said that at his press conference. this is what the public thought it was voting on. this is what the public sent me back to do. therefore, there is if not a mandate across a range of other issues, on this. very quickly the issue of whether or not you limit deductions versus increasing...
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susan, the election is over. some of the ambiguity about what to do about the affordable care act i guess has gone away now that the speaker has said it's the law of the land. has all the dust settled? is it settling? >> it slowly beginning to settle, ray. as you said lots of regulations were issued today. more will be forth coming in the coming weeks. of course some of the big questions, what will happen with respect to medicaid expansion remain undecided. but essentially what we have now is a situation where, as we said, a numer o states are moving ahead to set up their health insurance exchanges. these will be websites in effect up and running, ready for open enrollment on october 1 of 2013. so literally just around the corner. >> suarez: i have a extended the deadline for opting in or out. are there some states on the bubble that may yet come in with this extension? >> very clearly. the states now have until mid december to tell the federal government what their plans are. if they want to set up an exchange i
susan, the election is over. some of the ambiguity about what to do about the affordable care act i guess has gone away now that the speaker has said it's the law of the land. has all the dust settled? is it settling? >> it slowly beginning to settle, ray. as you said lots of regulations were issued today. more will be forth coming in the coming weeks. of course some of the big questions, what will happen with respect to medicaid expansion remain undecided. but essentially what we have...
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after the election if iran is elected with republicans, if he was elected he would have republicans and it go along with republican house, what would happen if they would pass the ryan plan taking corporate and individual taxes for 25% top rate, having a territorial tax system rather than a worldwide tax system. and on the spending side the ryan plan which is in time reform, all the means tested programs would be blocked granted and the medicare would be premium support, and this would, drops from obama's spending plan about $6 trillion over the next decade, which on track toward a balanced budget. that's still the republican plan for winning of the house, senate, presidency. but they did can either the white house or the senate in this election. so that option moves off into the have a different president and a different senate. where are we now? now we have divided them to get republican house, give democrats, obama reelected and the senate with the democrat majority but enough republican votes to filibuster. what happened was we got the status quo. now, what status quo? obama sometim
after the election if iran is elected with republicans, if he was elected he would have republicans and it go along with republican house, what would happen if they would pass the ryan plan taking corporate and individual taxes for 25% top rate, having a territorial tax system rather than a worldwide tax system. and on the spending side the ryan plan which is in time reform, all the means tested programs would be blocked granted and the medicare would be premium support, and this would, drops...
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presidential elections of 2012 is finally over. after two years of relentless poll analysis, electoral map swiping, undecided voter dial testing and being forced to use the word "cuyahoga" in a sentence -- (laughter) -- we can finally take a breather. just relax with a nice soothing cup of camomile breeze and just let it all -- >> do you think it's too early to talk about 2016? we don't think so. (gunshot) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: (bleep) you! i've had it! i'm a human being goddamnit! i have rights! can't we just move on to some other aspect of our lives? not everything is a constant contest for political advantage! america's facing some serious problems! there are times to run and then there are times to govern! we need to come together, let it go, move on, god! (applause) (laughter) so what are the numbers? >> the public policy polling survey asked iowa democrats and republicans last week whond they would like to see as their nominee. for the democrat, hillary clinton the overwhelmingly top pick. 58%. followed by joe bid
presidential elections of 2012 is finally over. after two years of relentless poll analysis, electoral map swiping, undecided voter dial testing and being forced to use the word "cuyahoga" in a sentence -- (laughter) -- we can finally take a breather. just relax with a nice soothing cup of camomile breeze and just let it all -- >> do you think it's too early to talk about 2016? we don't think so. (gunshot) (cheers and applause) >> stephen: (bleep) you! i've had it! i'm a...
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when i thought we were going to win this election was a few days before the election, when early vote numbers continue to look very good for us. i was pretty sure -- >> how long were you pretty sure? >> after debate 1, forces came in motion that made you confident? >> absolutely. it was competitive the entire way. i think mitt romney could have one up until the very end. i always believed in the fundamental truth, which was we were building the best campaign in modern political history. we had the better candidate and best message. i believe we could win it. >> the story of this election is the degree to which you replicated the 2008 results. many people, republican pollsters, thought that 2008 was a once-in-a-lifetime result. you came very close to replicating it. the most fascinating statistic of the election is african- americans in ohio -- a 11% of the electorate in 2008, 15% of the electorate this time. you found 200,000 more african- american voters to turn no out,d mitt romney lost by 103,000. it was finding this 200,000 extra african american voters. where did you find them? >
when i thought we were going to win this election was a few days before the election, when early vote numbers continue to look very good for us. i was pretty sure -- >> how long were you pretty sure? >> after debate 1, forces came in motion that made you confident? >> absolutely. it was competitive the entire way. i think mitt romney could have one up until the very end. i always believed in the fundamental truth, which was we were building the best campaign in modern...
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but first of all there's going to be an election in israel. he has to see who the prime minister emerges and what kind of coalition had he's got. and then there's the question of what happens on the palestinian side. we've been discussing how divided they are, how weakened the leadership of the palestinian authority has become as a result of this. hamas is the anti-peace party, not the pro-peace party. it really depends on whether there's -- >> i would disagree with the anti-peace party in the sense -- >> see the destruction of israel -- >> hamas would like to be is the replacement for the peace party. given the chance, i believe they would probably want to function very much like the plo functioned in the old days. they want the legitimacy. they want to be driving the street just as the muslim brotherhood became the new mubarak, the hamas people would become the new palestinian authority if given the chance. the question is do you want to reward them for 20 years of very bad behavior, sabotaging peace when it might have been possible and simp
but first of all there's going to be an election in israel. he has to see who the prime minister emerges and what kind of coalition had he's got. and then there's the question of what happens on the palestinian side. we've been discussing how divided they are, how weakened the leadership of the palestinian authority has become as a result of this. hamas is the anti-peace party, not the pro-peace party. it really depends on whether there's -- >> i would disagree with the anti-peace party...
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ideology that comes in line with we see a lot of aggressive rhetoric you just mentioned the elections you just mentioned some of what some of the leaders of insane zionist movement there there are a lot of aggressive rhetoric especially coming from people are going deputy prime minister i mean netanyahu himself is this getting more aggressive as time goes on do you think what do you think the outcome of the election will be now that the elections are coming up do you think that they'll kind of scale back i know that he's a little bit more aggressive than the predecessor. to be honest i don't think that israel has radically changed everyone's talking about how israel has become all right leaning i think that israel has always been by definition a colonialist project. and demanding i said jewish exclusivity and i think that has always framed israeli politics what we're seeing now more recently i think is just . unmasking of that unveiling of sorts and so people are just being more honest about about the project that israel is so i don't think that it's radically different i see this cur
ideology that comes in line with we see a lot of aggressive rhetoric you just mentioned the elections you just mentioned some of what some of the leaders of insane zionist movement there there are a lot of aggressive rhetoric especially coming from people are going deputy prime minister i mean netanyahu himself is this getting more aggressive as time goes on do you think what do you think the outcome of the election will be now that the elections are coming up do you think that they'll kind of...
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another time of elections really interesting point there i mean it just seems as. if they want to flatten gaza i mean we have. sons saying that. they want to bomb them back to the middle ages that they want to do is pretty much exterminate you i mean it's just it's a really insane to hear this coming from actual government leaders but let's talk about the military let's talk about the everyone has to serve in the i.d.f. i mean are there any kind of grassroots initiatives happening in israel that are trying to end this mandate that says that every israeli must serve. unfortunately the resistance movement in israel right now against the military is very very small . to call it a movement in fact would be an exaggeration there is an overwhelming support for the military action institution in the country and what are you doing i know that you've been working tirelessly for years i mean ever since you refuse to serve about this issue reaching our awareness what organizations are you involved in who are you working with and how can people get involved and feel like as am
another time of elections really interesting point there i mean it just seems as. if they want to flatten gaza i mean we have. sons saying that. they want to bomb them back to the middle ages that they want to do is pretty much exterminate you i mean it's just it's a really insane to hear this coming from actual government leaders but let's talk about the military let's talk about the everyone has to serve in the i.d.f. i mean are there any kind of grassroots initiatives happening in israel...
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it's very hard for republicans to win elections in new jersey. the state hasn't sent a republican to the senate in 40 years and counting, and christie's narrow victory in 2009, a four-point margin with less than 50% of the vote. that counts as the second biggest republican landslide in new jersey over the last four decades. now he's sitting pretty for next year. even before sandy, christie's approval rating was over 50% and he seemed likely to draw a second tier democratic opponent but now it has more clarity. cory booker has been pretending to be interested in the governor's race for a few months now. that's how he gets national media attention and it's worked. now the jig is up. look for booker to run for senate in 2014, against franc lautenberg, a fellow democrat if necessary, but not for governor. look for the obama white house to keep its distance from next year's governor's race. before sandy new jersey democrats talked of a re-elected obama returning to the state in 2013 to promote their gubernatorial candidate. now the white house is grat
it's very hard for republicans to win elections in new jersey. the state hasn't sent a republican to the senate in 40 years and counting, and christie's narrow victory in 2009, a four-point margin with less than 50% of the vote. that counts as the second biggest republican landslide in new jersey over the last four decades. now he's sitting pretty for next year. even before sandy, christie's approval rating was over 50% and he seemed likely to draw a second tier democratic opponent but now it...